Dark, ruby red colour, ripe aromas with notes of plums and raspberries, a hint of chocolate, fine, spicy nuances; ripe fruits, succulent tannins, appealing fullness, salty-succulent, enticingly long finish.

With grilled meat, poultry and rabbit dishes, sausages and ripe cheese.

climate

The vines grow at between 270 and 550 meters above sea-level where – with more than 2,100 annual hours of sunshine and cool nights – they find optimum conditions for producing fully mature grapes.

soil

Eroded quartz-bearing porphyry soils in Settequerce and calcareous clay soils at Appiano Monte.

vinification

Fermentation in wooden casks for 12 days Maturation: Malolactic fermentation and repining for 22 months in barrique casks